amazing

1. 1.

   surprising greatly

   “she does an amazing amount of work”

   “the dog was capable of astonishing tricks”

   Synonymsastonishing

   Similarsurprising
2. 2.

   inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

   “New York is an amazing city”

   “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”

   “the awesome complexity of the universe”

   “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath”

   “Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent”

   Synonymsawe-inspiringawesomeawfulawing

   Similarimpressive

Questions about amazing

What does amazing mean?

amazing means "surprising greatly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amazing?

amazing has 3 syllables: a-ma-zing. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/.

What is another word for amazing?

Close synonyms include astonishing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amazing a common word?

amazing is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.